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In this lesson, we are going to talk about an essential part of managing your WordPress website, backing up your valuable data.
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Accidents can happen and it's crucial to have a backup of your site in case anything goes wrong.
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It is also advised to back up your site before updating WordPress core, themes or plugins, before installing new plugins or themes, before migrating or moving your site and after significant
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content updates.
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We'll explore two methods to back up your WordPress site.
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Number one, using your hosting company or number two, using a backup plugin.
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There is also a manual way of backing up your site but we will briefly touch on that at the end.
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The method of using your hosting company for backups is probably the easiest way.
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Different hosting companies have different interfaces or ways of backing up your site.
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But you can learn how that works if you make your way to the backup and restore page of the control panel of your hosting company.
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I will use my principle website to explain how the process works as this is where I have a hosting account.
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Once I have logged into my control panel, I will make my way to backups and restores.
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At the top, we will see available updates for the file system as well as the database.
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And these updates are done automatically by my hosting company.
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You might be asking, what is the difference between the file system and the database?
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When we talk about the file system backup, we are referring to backing up the files and folders that make up your website.
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These files include your WordPress core files, themes, plugins, media uploads and any other files associated with your website.
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On the other hand, database backup focuses on backing up the data stored in your website's database.
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In WordPress, the database is where all the textual content, settings, user information and other dynamic data are stored.
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It includes posts, pages, comments, user profiles and much more.
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As mentioned, my hosting company automatically makes updates of my site.
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But below the automatic updates, you will notice I can also choose to backup my site right now, which is called on-demand.
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Let's go ahead and update my file system and database on-demand.
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Now we can see our most recent on-demand file system backup as well as database backup.
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Now these backups will also appear in the list of available file system backups as well
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as available database backups.
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So if something goes wrong and you need to backup your site to a previous version, you can merely select the backup and then click restore.
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So if you have backups of your site, you never have to panic.
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Next, we are going to take a closer look at using a plugin if this is the option you prefer or if you don't have the option with your hosting company.
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There are various plugins available in the plugins directory such as updraft plus, jpeg, duplicator, etc.
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For this demo, we will go ahead and install and activate the updraft plus plugin.
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Once activated, we can make our way to settings.
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Below the backup and restore tab, we will see the next scheduled backups as well as existing backups.
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Then at the top right, we will notice the large call to action or buttons block backup now which will allow you to make an on-demand backup of your file system as well as your
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database.
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I am going to go ahead and make a backup of my site right now.
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Then you will also see options to configure backups for your database, your file system or both.
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And then we can select backup now.
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Once backed up, we will notice that this on-demand backup displays below existing backups.
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And if anything goes wrong, you can merely restore your website below actions.
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When you go to settings, you will be able to set up a backup schedule for your website.
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And for this example, I am going to say I want my site to be updated on a daily basis.
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And on the right you can choose how many backups you want your plugin to retain or store.
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And below that, you can select where you want your backups to be stored.
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There are more options worth exploring but once you have set up your plugin, you can be reassured that you have a backup in place if the need ever arises.
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At this stage, it is also worth highlighting a best practice when backing up your site.
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Or a copy of your backups in a location separate from your web server.
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Cloud storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive etc. are good options.
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This ensures that your backups remain safe even if your server experiences issues.
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Finally, you also have the option to manually update your database via phpmyadmin and your file system via your website's server using an FTP client or a file manager in your hosting
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control panel.
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These methods are more technical and therefore we will add links to other resources if you would like to learn more.
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It does not matter which method you choose but it is crucial to regularly perform backups to protect your website and its valuable data.
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